Post by The Tax Returns Are in Kenya on Nov 18, 2015 10:41:54 GMT -5
So according to this thread, they are in 7th place, with a slightly higher chance of getting into the Playoffs than the Bills (ouch that loss hurts).
bleacherreport.com/articles/2589109-new-york-jets-need-perfection-from-defense-to-stay-in-playoff-race
The defense has been really erratic as this article points out. Will the return of Pryor get them back on track?
Consider this: The Jets defense ranks ninth in the NFL, giving up an average of 20.4 points per game. That's dominant, but it's also their lifeline. The Jets are 1-4 when their defense allows 20 points or more, and 4-0 when it gives up fewer than 20 points. The defense carries this team, and anything less than a shutdown performance just isn't enough.
t's impossible to expect the Jets offense to play mistake-free football for the next eight games. They've turned the ball over at least once in seven of their first eight, and four times in two of those games.
It's also impossible to expect perfection from the Jets defense, but that group has come much closer to realizing their full potential than the offense. The Jets defense has yielded more than 24 points in just two games this season and are one of only eight teams that have allowed 25 points or more in two or fewer games this season. The Jets lost both of those games.
The problem is, this defense is looking worse as the season wears on.
From Weeks 7-9, the Jets defense allowed more than 330 passing yards in each game. Considering how much money they spent to revamp the secondary, that's just an unacceptable number. On Thursday against the Bills, it was the league's No. 1 run defense that got gashed to the tune of 148 rushing yards.
In the past three games, they've given up an average of 121.3 rushing yards per game. In the first six games of the season, that average was 71.5. That's nearly 50 rushing yards per game more over the past three games than in the first six.
Even with the gaudy rushing figures of Thursday night, the Jets defense limited the Bills to just 13 first downs, 5-of-16 third-down conversions and 280 net yards of offense.
They turned in a good performance, but not a perfect performance. It appears that, with the offense playing the way it has over the past few weeks, the defense can settle for no less than perfection if the Jets want to stay in the hunt for a postseason berth for the first time since 2010.
t's impossible to expect the Jets offense to play mistake-free football for the next eight games. They've turned the ball over at least once in seven of their first eight, and four times in two of those games.
It's also impossible to expect perfection from the Jets defense, but that group has come much closer to realizing their full potential than the offense. The Jets defense has yielded more than 24 points in just two games this season and are one of only eight teams that have allowed 25 points or more in two or fewer games this season. The Jets lost both of those games.
The problem is, this defense is looking worse as the season wears on.
From Weeks 7-9, the Jets defense allowed more than 330 passing yards in each game. Considering how much money they spent to revamp the secondary, that's just an unacceptable number. On Thursday against the Bills, it was the league's No. 1 run defense that got gashed to the tune of 148 rushing yards.
In the past three games, they've given up an average of 121.3 rushing yards per game. In the first six games of the season, that average was 71.5. That's nearly 50 rushing yards per game more over the past three games than in the first six.
Even with the gaudy rushing figures of Thursday night, the Jets defense limited the Bills to just 13 first downs, 5-of-16 third-down conversions and 280 net yards of offense.
They turned in a good performance, but not a perfect performance. It appears that, with the offense playing the way it has over the past few weeks, the defense can settle for no less than perfection if the Jets want to stay in the hunt for a postseason berth for the first time since 2010.
bleacherreport.com/articles/2589109-new-york-jets-need-perfection-from-defense-to-stay-in-playoff-race
The defense has been really erratic as this article points out. Will the return of Pryor get them back on track?